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San Antonio Tax Preparer Banned for Life
A San Antonio man and his business have been permanently barred from preparing federal tax returns for others after a court found they used fraudulent methods to reduce customers’ tax liabilities.
John Andrew Cardenas, who owned Cardenas Income Tax Service, had offices in Uvalde, Crystal City, Kingsville, and Corpus Christi, Texas.
According to the complaint, Cardenas and his business prepared federal tax returns for customers using fraudulent Schedule C businesses on the return, causing harm to the U.S. Treasury that may exceed $900,000.
The civil injunction order was signed by Judge Orlando L. Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, after Cardenas consented to the order.
Cardenas previously pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, and admitted to the allegations in the government’s complaint.
The case is a result of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) efforts to combat return preparer fraud. According to the IRS, return preparer fraud is one of the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2014.
The Tax Division has obtained injunctions against hundreds of unscrupulous tax preparers in the past decade, and information about these cases can be found on the Justice website. An alphabetical listing of persons enjoined from preparing returns and promoting tax schemes is available on this page.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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